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  • Hi, everybody. I'm Esther

  • And in this video, we're going to  talk about an important expression,  

  • especially for those of you  who are in relationships

  • For those of you who have  a boyfriend or girlfriend

  • And that expression is 'to dump someone'. 'to dump someone

  • Well, what do you think that means? Well, for those of you who are in a relationship,  

  • maybe, you're not happy. Hmm 

  • Maybe you don't love that person anymore, or maybe  that person is just really horrible, really bad

  • So, what do you do? Well, you break up with them

  • Right, you say, “I don't  want to be with you anymore.” 

  • And that's where the expression  comes in 'to dump someone'. 

  • So, when you tell your boyfriend or girlfriend, “I don't want to be with you anymore,” you  

  • are dumping them. Okay, so let's look at these examples first

  • He dumped me. Hmm, he dumped me

  • This is a sad situation, right? Maybe my boyfriend didn't love me anymore,  

  • or maybe I did something that made him angry. So he dumped me

  • He doesn't want to be with me any longer. Hmm, 'I dumped him'. 

  • The next sentence, 'I dumped him'. This one is not so bad

  • Maybe my boyfriend was really  bad, or he lied too much

  • So I kicked him. I got rid of him

  • I dumped him. Okay

  • So, let's look at some more  example sentences together

  • 'She dumped him because he lied to her.' 

  • 'She dumped him because he lied to her.' 'I'm thinking about dumping my  

  • girlfriend because she's getting fat.' 'I'm thinking about dumping my girlfriend  

  • because she's getting fat.' 'He dumped me I'm so sad.' 

  • 'He dumped me I'm so sad.' 

  • Okay, so in this video we learned  the expression 'to dump someone'. 

  • Remember, you can dump a bad boyfriend or  girlfriend, but they can also dump you

  • Now, I want to tell you about  one of my ex-boyfriends

  • He never had time for me. He was always busy

  • And he couldn't talk or hang out. So, I had to dump him and it felt great

  • Okay, well see you guys next time. Bye

Hi, everybody. I'm Esther

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